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Touch

tʌtʃ

Touch definitions
verb
touch touched touches touching
  1. come into or be in contact with

    "he leaned back so that only two legs of his chair touched the floor"

    be in contact (with) come into contact (with) come together (with) meet join connect converge (with) be contiguous (with) border (on) be (up) against link up (with) adjoin abut neighbour
    • bring one's hand or another part of one's body into contact with

      "he touched a strand of her hair"

    • come or bring into mutual contact

      "for a moment their fingers touched"

    • strike (a ball) lightly in a specified direction

      "he touched back a cross-field ball"

    • be tangent to (a curve or surface) at a certain point
  2. handle in order to interfere with, alter, or otherwise affect

    "I didn't play her records or touch any of her stuff"

    handle hold pick up move
    • cause harm to (someone)

      "I've got friends who'll pull strings—nobody will dare touch me"

    • consume or use (food, drink, money, etc.)

      "the pint by his right hand was hardly touched"

    • used to indicate that something is avoided or rejected

      "he was good only for the jobs that nobody else would touch"

  3. affect or concern

    "a tenth of state companies have been touched by privatization"

    affect have an effect on concern involve have a bearing on be relevant to be pertinent to
    • (of a quality or expression) be or become visible or apparent in

      "the voice was touched by hysteria"

  4. produce feelings of affection, gratitude, or sympathy in

    "she was touched by her friend's loyalty"

  5. reach (a specified level or amount)

    "sales touched twenty grand last year"

    reach attain arrive at come to make
    • be comparable to in quality or excellence

      "there's no one who can touch him at lightweight judo"

noun
touch touches
  1. an act of touching someone or something

    "her touch on his shoulder was hesitant"

    • the faculty of perception through physical contact, especially with the fingers

      "reading by touch"

    • a musician's manner of playing keys or strings
    • the manner in which a musical instrument's keys or strings respond to being played

      "Viennese instruments with their too delicate touch"

    • a light stroke with a pen, pencil, etc.
  2. a small amount; a trace

    "add a touch of vinegar"

    • a small distinctive detail or feature

      "the film's most inventive touch"

  3. a distinctive manner or method of dealing with something

    "later he showed a surer political touch"

    • an ability to deal with something successfully

      "getting caught looks so incompetent, as though we're losing our touch"

  4. the area beyond the sidelines, out of play

    "his clearance went directly into touch"

  5. an act of asking for and getting a loan or gift from someone

    "I only tolerated him because he was good for a touch now and then"

  6. a series of changes shorter than a peal
  7. a thing that tests the worth or character of something

    "you must put your fate to the touch"